FRESNO, Calif. ---In the fourth consecutive and sixth overall 4-3 match of the year, the Fresno State men's tennis team mounted a huge comeback and came out victorious over Hawai'i at the Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center Saturday afternoon.

"It's a lot better feeling to have the 4-3 go our way," said head coach Evan Austin. "We have been in alot of pressure situations this year and I think we are starting to get more comfortable in those situations. We are going to take a lot of confidence from this match and we've really talked about this match being the start to the second half of our season."

"I really like where our doubles is at right now," Austin said on how important the doubles point is. "All of our teams are playing pretty well together. I feel like we are putting ourselves in good positions, most of all it really was a full team effort today."

Hawai'i jumped ahead 2-1 with play in singles as Jared Spiker defeated Papic 6-2, 6-3 on court three and Nils Schuhmann picked up a 7-5, 6-1 win over Jeremy Quiroz at No. 6.

The Warriors added another point (3-1) at the four spot as Chas Okamoto topped Sam MacNeil 7-6(5), 6-2.

Nakireddi mounted the comeback as he brought the 'Dogs within one with a tough fought 6-4, 6-4 match on court two. DeLaubenfels then grinded out a 7-5, 6-4 win at the top spot to tie the team score at 3-3.

The remaining match was a battle on court five between Fritz and Danilo Casanova. Fritz cruised in the first set 6-1, while Casanova battled back in the second 6-4. When the rest of the matches had completed, the third set score was tied at 5-5. Fritz fell behind 6-5, but was resilient and forced a tiebreaker during which he clinched the victory for the 'Dogs winning 7-4 in the breaker.

"We are hoping to build some momentum with this win, and we are looking forward to a really good opportunity on Monday against Washington," Austin said.

The 'Dogs will be back in action twice this upcoming week as they take on Washington at 10:30 a.m. Monday morning and Purdue on Wednesday at 1 p.m. both at the Wathen Tennis Center.